this is just to say by William Carlos Williams

William Carlos Williams was born in Rutherford, New Jersey in 1883. Williams was both a writer and a doctor. In 1948, Williams suffered from a heart attack and several strokes. He continued to write until his death in 1963.

This Is Just To Say
I have eaten the plums that were in the icebox and which you were probably saving for breakfast Forgive me they were delicious so sweet and so cold I think this poem is crazy and fun to read. First of all, who eats plums for breakfast??? Not me! Plus, why would someone keep plums in an icebox? This poem reminds me of the cookie jar at my house. Someone eats the last cookie (that already had a dibs) fully knowing that the person is saving the cookie for dessert. When the person looks into the cookie jar, the other looks on with a guilty smile and says "Sorry, I couldn't resist. The cookie was too delicious." The irony of the last stanza of the poem "Forgive me they were delicious so sweet and so cold" is that even though the speaker is apologizing, he or she blames the reason of eating the plums because of the taste and sweetness of the plum. But, the speaker would have had to eat the plum before he or she could understand the true delicious of the stolen plums. So, the apology is kind of weak. Most of the time, people do something they should not and put the blame on the joy they got from the act after the act was committed. They never explain why they wanted to commit the act in the first place. After the crazy week I had, it was nice to read a simple poem (that did not include death).